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What Remains After Goodbye  by EssenceLee
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After a decade-long marriage ends in betrayal, New York chef Jilly Moore is left with two sons, a rising restaurant, and a heart she refuses to let break twice. As she learns to co-parent with the man who hurt her, she finds herself rebuilding more than a business - she's rebuilding her family, her future, and the parts of herself she forgot. Across split weekends, baseball games, school plays, late-night recipes, and unexpected laughter, the Moore family discovers that love doesn't vanish... it changes shape. And sometimes, healing shows up in places you never expect. She built a life around love. He broke it. Now she's learning how to live for herself - and discovering that love might not be gone... just different.
The Art of Pretending by Sydney_Drew
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Taylor Hadley thought she had it all.... until she didn't. A night that was meant to celebrate her last semester of college quickly became the night she lost the two most important people in her life from a single act of betrayal. Cue Grant Anderson, her childhood best friend that she hasn't spoken to in ages. When Grant hears what happened, he jumps in to save her... just like he always did. What's the harm in pretend dating if you're sure it won't lead to anything more? Emotions get confusing, lines get crossed, feelings get hurt, and hearts get broken. But that might just be a risk they are willing to take.
A Bond of Blood by Your-Typical-Hero
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Aeris and Illeine did everything right. They discovered they were mates, fell in love, and lived happily ever after. For a little while. Everything changes when the couple discovers that their sacred bond is actually the artificial product of a horrible sacrifice. To Aeris, the connection that once seemed so pure and beautiful is now tainted by death, horror, and regret. For Illeine, the great tragedy is her not-so-fated mate's reaction to the revelation. The question of, "what if?" sends Aeris fleeing into the comfort of past, leaving a heartbroken Illeine to face the future alone. But she won't stay down. And she's going to make sure he truly understands what it means to live with regret. All she has to do it make sure she doesn't fall into her own trap.
A Storm of Stars by Your-Typical-Hero
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Avelin has spent the last eight months paying for a crime she did not commit, married to a man who hates her. When the night of her twenty-fifth birthday finally comes, she spreads her wings for the first time and leaves the nightmare that is the court of Cairavelle behind. Asterion has spent the last eight months living a lie and extracting his pound of flesh from the wrong hide. When he finally realizes the extent of his mistakes, and what the price for them will be, he is prepared to fix what he broke or die trying. And he just might have to. Now, with the royal families and their courts in shambles, the hidden world of the Alatus is about to collapse in on itself. Avelin and Asterion must find a way to hold it all together, or risk losing everything and everyone they have ever loved.
A Rise of Roses by Your-Typical-Hero
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Bread, grass, and rose. Plain, common, and uselessly fragile. The girl Solin was, who loved Aurik from the moment she met him, died when she heard his description of her. A new woman rose from the ashes. Two years later, Solin returns to the city of Tibalt, where the high society of the Kingdom of Aivieria gathers during the autumn, winter, and spring seasons. Widowed and carrying the knowledge that she will likely discover the mark of her mate within a year, Solin intends to use her last few months of freedom to enjoy herself before she settles down. The escort she chooses for her new, excitingly wild life? King Aurik, the man who ended her old one. And he's certainly not enjoying himself (ask Solin if she cares). It's about time the world was reminded that roses have thorns.
Unrestrained: Book 1:  I'm over this! by littlemama30
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Have you ever wondered what it might look like if you could just say whatever it was you wanted, needed, to say when life has thrown a curveball at you? This is the level Tania reaches when her husband of five years continues to take the side of his female BFF and mother over Tania. There is only so much a person can take under the umbrella of love. And this, this is the last straw! The goal is to have a few different, short, and to the point stories of how sometimes we would like a story and situation to play out, if we didn't have manners, care about reputations, and concern ourselves with the feelings of others over our own. Its time someone responds Unrestrained! *Disclaimer: This is not a story for the faint of heart. The FML will get angry, and it will NOT be pretty. Expect offensive and mean language coming from the FML. OW drama, MIL Drama, and emotional betrayal. Also, tongue-in-cheek fun as well.
Work In Progress: Lamebrain #7: Shelved Promises by AJBishopWrites
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Ten years ago, Iris Desmond was pushed out of his life--by the very people who claimed to love him the most. She was the wrong girl. The outsider. And when threats turned into ultimatums, she made the impossible choice to leave the only boy she ever loved. Levi Astor. Now, a decade later, he's standing in front of her again--wealthier, sharper, harder--and demanding answers she was forced to bury. Levi Astor built a life that finally makes sense. He has the business, the legacy, and a partner who fits into the Astor empire. The woman isn't just perfect in his world--but in his family's world as well. Celestine by his side is everything he thought he needed. But when the past resurfaces, Levi is forced to confront the price of silence. Forced to realize that he might have made mistakes. And now, he isn't sure if they're his to mend. Celestine Wentworth was told to love him--and somehow, it was effortless. She checks all the boxes for the Astor family. But even perfect boxes have edges. And when the ghost of Levi's first love threatens to unravel everything they've built, she can't help but wonder: she is the right choice for his family. The right choice for his business--the safer choice for his reputation. But still only one of the choices. So is she the right one for his heart?
The Last Show (Book Two) by lilafairchild
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*Book Two in the Gentleman's Proposal Series* Josephine's life has always been controlled by those around her. After her new husband leaves her bereft and alone, she decides to finally do something about her suffocating existence. On impulse, she flees to America and starts a new life, one filled with adventure and danger. When her sorry excuse of a husband shows up again, intending to take her back to England, she puts her foot down; she absolutely, unequivocally will not return. When Reginald Browning, Earl of Whitehall, goes to obtain his estranged wife from America, he does not find the young woman who left him years ago. Instead, he finds a new Josephine: the gunslinging star of a Wild West traveling show. He knows that he wrecked their marriage the first time around. But how can he hope to fix things when he can't even get his wife back onto English soil? Content Warning: Pregnancy Loss and Descriptions of Physical and Sexual Assault Against Women, Infidelity
FRAGRANCE OF YOU by DaniellaOth
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She was a nameless staff in his towering empire. He was a man destined for greatness... and already claimed by another. But fate-cruel and cunning-tied their lives together with a lie wrapped in roses and regret. Juliette never asked for love. She only wanted a quiet life, a dream of her own perfume shop, and maybe... a place to belong. Sebastian Whitmore, cold and calculated, offered her marriage-not out of love, but out of obligation. Hidden from the world, sealed with promises that meant nothing to him. What began as a forced union slowly turned into something unspoken. She cared for him in ways he never noticed. He wore the scents she made, breathed in the comfort she left behind... Yet he never knew it was her. Until she was gone. Until everything fell apart. Until the woman he never chose became the one his heart could never forget. And now-he's chasing ghosts in the wind, searching for the scent that once felt like home. 📌 Trigger Warning: This story contains themes of death and grief, which may be triggering for some readers. Please proceed with care.